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The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey.
Sydney J. Harris
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Sydney J. Harris
Age: 69 †
Born: 1917
Born: September 14
Died: 1986
Died: December 8
Journalist
London
England
Sydney Harris
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Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.
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A winner rebukes and forgives a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.
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